Roma in Traun

Higher deposit, porta-potties and a new pitch

According to VP city manager Karl-Heinz Koll, this will no longer be the case: The change of location means that the water from the washing machines can now be drained into the canal.(Bild: zVg)

Mayor Karl-Heinz Koll has significantly tightened the rules so that Traun does not become a new transit campsite for Roma and Sinti. In addition, the area where those currently passing through camp has been moved slightly. The VP city manager hopes that calm will return in two weeks at the latest.

While the transit area set up for Sinti and Roma on the B1 in Pichling in 2009 is - as reported - currently deserted and only the neighboring barbecue area is populated by barbecue fans at the weekend, the second group of Roma and Sinti has now chosen the Traun stadium as a destination for a longer-term stopover within just a few weeks. A fact that not only worries local residents.

"Yesterday we moved the travelers a little further away from the residential buildings and informed them that the waste water may no longer be discharged into the meadow under any circumstances. We have increased the deposit to be paid from 1000 to 2000 euros and provided them with porta-potties, which they have to pay extra for," explains VP City Manager Karl-Heinz Koll.

Travelers have to leave again after two weeks
He also wants to make it very clear to the group today, Thursday, that their stay must not last the four weeks they want, but a maximum of 14 days, and hopes that peace will return to Traun afterwards.